Dan Shaul

The secretary of state's comments come as the state Senate continues to struggle to take up a revamped congressional map.

The new map passed by the House likely would keep Missouri’s current congressional delegation of six Republicans and two Democrats. It now goes to the Missouri Senate with only four days left in the legislative session.

Failure to pass a map before May 13 will likely lead to federal courts redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts.

One of the transgender bills was added to a bill containing multiple measures about Missouri elections, including the requirement that voters show a photo ID in order to cast their ballot.

The House vote against the map comes after the Senate rejected the House’s request for a conference committee to find a compromise on the bill. If the stalemate doesn’t break, the task of drawing the maps would likely go to the courts.

While senators were initially scheduled to debate the map this week, ongoing negotiations and acrimony delayed the process.

The map keeps Missouri’s congressional makeup intact, with six Republican seats and two Democratic ones. The plan now goes to the Senate.

Missouri’s 2022 legislative session begins Wednesday with lawmakers in both the House and Senate gaveling in at noon.

Some lawmakers fear that members of both parties could use agenda items as leverage to affect what the congressional map looks like.

Bill would prohibit police from using chokeholds and would establish a use-of-force database for departments. It also eliminates the residency requirement for the Kansas City Police Department.